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Watching television is such a common part of contemporary society, that most Americans adopted it as a part of their daily routine and watch television for at least an hour a day. Stanley Crouch, a poet, music and cultural critic, writes: “Whenever people pretentiously and proudly announce, “I don’t watch television,” they should follow it up with “I don’t look at America either”” (Masciotra 79). Television has become a part of many people’s lives. When the mass population watches the same television shows, movies, etc. they can all relate to each other, and thus unite them as an American. We look to TV shows to see how other people like us act on-screen. Aaron Morales, the author of American Mashup: A Popular Culture Reader states: “We watch movies, visit websites, and scour online profiles, all in an effort to glean from a variety of sources those traits that we feel best suit how we identify ourselves” (Morales 65). Movie characters can change the personalities and point of views in our society. Movies can inspire and motivate a society to change its social norms. For example, The Harry Potter Series is a well-known book that is popularized over the years through television advertisements. The reason Harry Potter is special is because he is like everyone else, but he is dealing with different problems. People can relate to the aspect of the characters and

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MacNeil says, “ television discourages concentration.” It really does if you’re trying to get something done, it’s very distracting. He states, “almost anything in life interesting and rewarding requires applied effort.” It also encourages us to apply no effort at all. Television diverts us only

As television viewers, we tend to slouch in front of this electrical box after a long day’s work, many of us don’t think or know about how much television programming has changed since our parent’s childhood. In “Thinking outside the Idiot Box” by Dana Stevens and “Watching TV Makes You Smarter” by Steven Johnson, both writers give their thoughts and opinions about how television programming has evolved over the last three decades. These gentlemen recognize that the days of slap-stick comedy were over and replace by more sophisticated stories. This new brand of programs have provide a step stoning for the evolution of television to gain momentum.

The main claim is that television is beneficial on a more social level. By following the intricate storylines, television viewers are able to learn how to decipher social cues, while honing analytical skills in order to keep track of what’s happening. The cognitive labor of television, according to Johnson, is why it’s so alluring for the viewer. The mental progression of society is marked in the complexity of the shows we watch. An example given is the difference between I Love Lucy and Friends. The former is all about short, uncomplicated humor, while the latter calls on the necessity for rapid informational recall. Old fashioned comedies relay their jokes within the span of thirty seconds, whereas modern comedies are a series of inside jokes within the show, illusions to other things, pop culture references, as we as puns and sarcasm. The social complexities change with the mental level of the viewers. Television is all about collateral learning, rather than the actual content of the program; much like gaming. We have to trach quick time happenings, social connections, and other such important ideals that we need to have a handle on to operate smoothly in social situations. Johnson is suggesting that not only does television watching progress our mental prowess, it benefits our social conduct and understanding as

Some negative health outcomes are attributed to television. There is that of becoming the “couch potato”, many of us base television around our lives, and some of us get lazy and spend too much time watching television which can result in health problems. Not only is watching too much TV and being sedentary a bad thing, but the overwhelming amount of advertising and marketing that we see on television causes an increase in intake of a range of unhealthy products. Each hour per day increases the risk of developing diabetes by 3.4%. A variety of other potential behavioral and physical effects exist such as poorer social relationships, less

to the viewer, that the characters might not know about yet. All of these elements are mentioned in Johnson’s “Watching TV Makes You Smarter”, but I believe he is missing an element, which is subject matter. Subject matter is immensely important because for a show to be knowledgeable it needs to have topics that are important and have an impact on society.

A study published in Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts found that watching famous television dramas can increase your emotional intelligence, and make you more empathetic.

TV can make you concentrate on the TV and not what’s going on around you. Like the dullest and the least gifted of us can achieve things that seem miraculous to those who never concentrate one anything. Sometimes you need to know what’s going on in your life and not

So, in conclusion I can improve my health by doing these things I learned from the film. Drinking water, if I drink water it can help me stay hydrated and cut down on the sugar from drinks. I can eat and cook more at home and know what’s inside my food and stop eating processed food. Lastly, I can exercise more on the weekends and have fun. If I do all these things, I can become more

The program repeats itself not only out of economical considerations but also out of a reluctance the deepen popular characters on television. Prime time ideology aims at presenting, and preserving, social stability: programming patterns are contant, alternatives are always available for the disinterested audience, every show has its determined allocated screen time. All these, Gitlin says, are subjected to a rigid rule and regularity. These features of prime time television and the formulas create the illusion of not only stability and the impossibility of change, but also change in the sense that things are constantly improving, a false sense of progress with the replacement of various shows, as if we are always getting better at making television, and there is reason the stay tuned in. Gitlin also employs the concept of "the organization of leisure" – the way television organized our lives around in

As a stay-at-home mother, I find myself in front of Netflix often when I finally have a chance to relax. I enjoy suspenseful shows and frequently find myself watching medical dramas, crime procedural dramas, or science fiction shows. Bones; Dexter; Gray’s Anatomy; Fringe; and House, M.D. are a few of my favorites. They always draw me into their storylines and keep me on the edge of my seat, season after season. In fact, my favorite show of all time would be House, M.D. due to the medical mysteries, my relatability to the main character, and the humor.

People should reduce the amount television they watch because they are not only shortening their lifespan but also wasting their time because at age 20 most people have watched 10,000 hours that in that amount of time they could have learned seven different languages and spoke them every fluently.

In the article “Watching TV Makes You Smarter” the author Steven Johnson explains how watching TV enhances the intelligence of people. He asserts that TV shows are currently giving a good cognitive workout to the viewers. There are many intellectually challenging shows and some of the shows he mentions in the article are 24,The West Wing, The Sopranos, and ER. Throughout the article Johnson debates on the topic how watching TV makes people smarter.

An ongoing discussion about the value of Television has been whether it makes the watcher smarter or dumber. In a 2005 article about Television, Steven Johnson presented several arguments that Television makes the watcher smarter, contrary to some popularly held notions that Television is involved in the dumbing down of Television watchers. Johnson argues that Television makes you smarter for three reasons: multiple threads; fewer flashing arrows; and social networking. Johnson states that, unlike Television shows such as "Bonanza" in the "Golden Age of Television," modern Television shows such as "Hill Street Blues," "24" and "The Sopranos" carry multiple narrative threads about a number of major and minor characters. These multiple threads, according to Johnson, mean that the audience must